Improvement in cloth-measuring- apparatus



S.B.LUGKETT. GLOTH MEASURING APPARATUS.

No. 84,290. Patented Nov; 24, 1868.

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INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH-MEASURING- APPARATUS.

lhs Schedule referred to In thse Letters Patent and making part of thesame. I

To' all whom it may concern.:

Beit known that l, SAMUEL B. LUCKETT, of Gorydon, in the county ofHarrison, and State'of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Cloth- Measurels; and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same,reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon. 'f

This invention -relates to certain ',improyemeuts in apparatus formeasuring cloth, and consists principally in a simple constructionV'andarrangement, by means of which the cloth is measured and wound atthe same time, as will be fully described hereinafter.`

Figurell. represents a perspective'viewof my imf' proved apparatus; v

' l Figure, an elevation of the winding-roller partly broken away toshow-the arrangement ofthe-hooks for catching the cloth; and

Figure 3. a sectional View through fig. 2. i

In the drawingsl 1 A represents the base .from whichrise thefside the;line pieces A1 A, 4which latter are connected and held' by the rods A2.

B represents the measuring-cylinder hung in bearings in the side piecesA, the shaft of which is connected to any suitable arrangement ofclock-Work for registering the number of its revolutions.' l, Thepointer on the dial should beso arranged'that it may be revolved ineither direction, 0without operating the works, in order that it may beturned to' the starting-point, when itis desired to commence a newpiece,'without .necessitating the revolution of the cylinder.

, G represents the cylinder upon'which the cloth is wound. This restsupon cylinder B, being kept in place -by meansl of the' slottedstandards t a, which rise from the side pieces A1. a

c represents the crank by which the cylinder is turned.

cl represents a rod arranged within cylinder C, which These hooks are soarranged, in relation to the rod and to the holes o3 of the cylinder,that when the rod is turned, (which is done by means of handle c,) thehooks are thrust out of the holes, origlrawn in, as the case may be.

D represents a blunt-pointed rod which rests in open bearings in frontof the measuring-cylinder. This is provided with shoulders upon eachside'f the journal,

It may,

Ift'he cloth is measured from the bolt, the rod D should-be thrustthrough its centre, and its end be car-- -ried in between the measuringaud'receiving-cylinders,

The hooks c of the latter'should then be .thrust out.,

:by which means the cloth will be caught and held;V

lThe cylinder G now heilig made tomrevolve by means' of the crank c, thecloth will be wound thereon. The pressurefof this cylinder'upon themeasuringcylinder rcauses the latter to 'regularly revolve, whichrevolutions are laccurately indicated bythe pointer on the" dial..-YVhenthe bolt is all unwound, measured, and

'rewound, the cylinder (l is 4lifted from its place, its y .hooks aredrawn in,"and'tl1e.cloth thenfslipped o. If loose goods'a're to bemeasured, the cloth should be passed over the rod D and under thenearest rod A,

andthence between the cylinders yItwill b e observed thatthe cloth isnot wound upon the measuring-cylinder, but merely passes over it.

By this arrangement the measure is accurate and reliable, as indicatedby the dial, whereas if the cloth were 'wound upon theineasuring-cylinder, each revolution would increase the' measure by the`thickness of the cloth, and the result produced by the indicator wouldnot be correct.v f

By the construction and arrangement herein described, a simple andreliable apparatus is produced.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is f

The cylinder B, arranged as described, cylinder C, with rod c, and hooksc2, and rod D, the whole heilig combined and operated substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed, this 2d day of June, 1868.` A

SAMUEL B. LUOKETT.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. HARTMAN, HENRY DENLO.

